Telegram-herald., 1887-08-08
.SECUREAPOL|CY NOW
Os. rAlsAaE on uFe INSURANCE.
fzszrs xoar Life and Property, aud save
Ehsss Yoa Love FROM Poverty ana
Eain-AdsiSs 10 iasar-
saes Msasgsrs

su~afcss The C1f-srian Principles Involved
Ills text wAa. Let biIa appoint onicers over
shs lznd. ana take Up the Efth part Of The
lad 81 Egypt n lis ssseh plentecus years
Geness al, 81
These were the words Of Jossph, the psesi
dent d. tie Ersr lie insurance company that
the world ever sas. Pharsoh had & dream that
alstrz ted him lie thought he stood 0n the
hanks ~ the kivsr Sile. and saw coming up
ca o. the river seven fat. sleek, glossy COWS.
ard they began . browse ia the thick gEsss
Nothing friEhtfd about thlt But after
taem, coming oat Of the sane liver. be saw
seven coNs thai were saunt al starved, and
The worst hooking COWS that lad ever been
seen in The land. and in the fsr0c ty oi hunger
they deyoured their seven f2t predecessors.
Pharaoh, the king, sent FOR joseph % de-
cipher these Midnight hierociyplics. Joseph
made short work ~ u, and inl!mate6 tie
seven f1t COWS tnaf came ont % the river
are seven years with plenty 70 eat. the
seven emaclated COWS that followed
them ara seven years with moth
ing 70 eat ~N0w,r said joseph, "let
Us take one-ffth Of the corn crop Of tho
seven prosperous years, and keep % rs "A pro-
vision fOr the seven years IN which there
shall he no corn CROP" The king took the
counsel and appointed Joseph, because OF bis
integrity AMI public sDirite1ness, as the pres
ideut o. the undertaking The farmers paid
ouetith Of their income as premium In
oil the towns and cities of the land there
were branch houses. This great Egyptian
life insurance company had millions OF dol
lars Is assets After awhile the dark days
came ard the whole nation would have
starved il il had not been for the provision
they had made for the future. But now
these suffering families had nothing 10 do
but so up and collect the amount OF their
Life policies The Bible puts il in one short
phrase: IN all the land OF Egypt there was
bread" I say this was tho first life insurance
Company. II was diviaely organized. tt
had in il all the advantages Of the whole
life plan." o. tho "tontine pian.' of the
reserved endowment plaa, land al the other
good plans. We are told that Rev. Dr. An
hate. OF Lincolnshire. England, originated
the first lie insurance. company IN 1893. Not
II IS as old as the corn cribs OF Egypt; and
God himself was the author and originator.
II that were not 50 1 would not take yOur
time and mine in Sabbath discussion OF this
subject. feel j. is = theme vital, religions.
ard of infinite import, the morals OF life ard
fire insurance.
About ten or twelve years ago there was
great panic in life insurance which did good.
Under the storm the Enthusiastically and DO.
gus institutions were scattered, while tho
genuine wero tested and firmly established,
and where does the life insurance institution
stand today " hat amount OF comfort Of
education, Of moral and spiritual advantage
is represented IL the e;r~la statistic that in
this country the life Insurance companies il
one year paid g. 7,o00,oO0 70 the families Of the
hcrelt; and in five years they paid $500 COO,
coo TO tho families OF tina bercft: and are
promising TO pay-and hold themselves in
readiness 10 pay--S2, 600. 100000 to the fami-
lies OF the barcfti
They have actually paid out more in divi-
dcnds and death claims than they have ever
received in premiums. / know OF what |
speak. The life insurance companies of this
country paid more than s. 000,000 OF taxes 70
the government in five years. So, instead OK
these companies being indebted To the land,
the land is indebted TO them 70 cry out
against life insurance because here and there
one company has behaved badly is Is absurd
a. j, wOuld be for a man 20 burn down 600
acres Of harvest field IL order % lsiil the moles
and potato buoS-as preposterors as q man
who should blow up q crowded steamer IN
mid-Atlentic for the purpose of destroying
the bnrnacles on the bottom OF the hulk
But whn: does the Bible say in regard TO
this subject, II the Bible favors the institu-
tion, VIII favor it; If the Bible dcnounces il,
] win denouncc it, In addition to the fore
cast OF Joseph II tho text, / call your atten-
tion 10 Paul IS comparison. Here Is ono man
who. through neglect, fails 10 support his
tsmily whiie he lives, or after lee dies. Here
E another man, who abhors tie Scriptures
and rejects God. NLich Of those men is the
wOrsei Wei. YOU say, the latter Paul says
the former. tacl says that man who neg
let's 90 care for his household is more obnox-
i3us than a man who rejects the Scripturcs.
"He that providcth not for bis own, and es-
pcoially those Of his own household. is worse
than an infliol.n Life Insurance companies
help most of US 70 provide ior our families
after we are gone. but. III We have the money
g. pay ths premiums and % not pay them.
We have no ricat 70 expect mercy at the hand
of God IN the judgment. We are worse
than Tom Paine, worse than Voltairc,
and worse than ShaftesDury. The Bible de-
clares tive are worse thau an infidel
After the certificate of death has been made
ont, ana thirty or sixty DAYS have passed. and
tie officer of the Ike insurance company
comes into tho hereft household and pays
down the hard casb on an insurance policy,
that CGicer of the company is performing n
positively r. giogs rite, according % the
Apostle james. who SAYS: True religion
and unaefiled before Col and the Father is
this. 70 visit She fsthere-s and the widow
in their oiliCfion.n and 50 on. The religion
OF Chfiss proposes 20 take care Of tho tenn
porsl wants of the people as wen as the spirit
uaL N ben he1 klah was dying the iniunc
tion came 20 him: '.sset thy honse IN
order, FOR tlou shals do and not live =
That injunction in our dav would
mean: Gsks your -ill: settle M vour
accounts; maze thinvs plain. don't de
ceivs ycur heirs with rolls Of worthless
mining stock. don't deceive them with
deeds FOR western lands that viii never
yieid any crop but chiis and fever. dont
leave for them notes that have been
out swed, and second mortgages on property
that vii nos DAY the frst set thy houss
IN order That is, fx up things. 50 your
gong out q the world nav make as hssle
CONSERVATION rs pcsslbis. Ses the lean csttle
dsvo0rinE .ne fat cattle. ard in ths time o.
plenty prepare for the tine of want The
difficulty IS when men tank - their dease.
t6ev ars afraid 20 thiak 81 it only n corne--
fion with their sFnitual welfare. snd nos q
fbe devasta-ica Ia tLs household which vii
conle aeesgse cf their emigration from r. j.
Is mesnIY seish for yog % he 50 absorbed ia
ths heaven e. wkaca Tou are going seat yoa
forget wbat IS 20 become q 7our wifs and
chlldrs1 sfaer yoa are dead Yen can 20
cut = tals wor.5 Tithout having d. lar and
ysf de harEY Z Jon cosa rot provide f7r
them, yea esa tgast then - tae bands of ths
God wso Owls al the k4rvests and TIE ksrs.s.
and tae focsz, s1t r Tos cooii rsy the
Presairzss en- poissy AID nezlsrs sosrn r. Is 3
rnean thiug f.~ you - g. ID e. hesvsn NJ.